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Childcare reforms lead to first battery-farm nurseries

incredibly efficient educationIn an attempt to control costs while maintaining a ‘healthy’ ratio of nursery staff to children, the Government has today unveiled its vision for the UK to lead the world in producing battery-raised toddlers.

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Pointless Media Studies degree courses facing closure, warn under-achieving academics

silly hat industry also under threatScores of rubbish Media Studies degrees around the country are facing closure, according to the lecturers’ union NOPULU (Not Proper University Lecturers’ Union). The warning follows new figures from UCAS, which show the lucrative ‘crap sector’ of higher education in sharp decline following the rise in tuition fees.

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History of Michael Gove to be made compulsory in secondary schools

Michael Gove, circa 1950GCSE pupils will have to study the story of Michael Gove as part of a new compulsory history curriculum put forward by the Department for Education (DfE).

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Gove gives go-ahead for Fagin Free School

Following a successful application to the Department of Education, the Fagin Free School, will open in the London Borough of Walthamstow next September.

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New logo for English Baccalaureates raises fears they ‘could be bought’

excellent grades available in the sale, starting 2017

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